How One New Jersey County Is Financing a Multi-Million-Dollar Solar Project

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We've got to hand it to New Jersey--the oft-maligned Garden State is slowly but surely securing its place as a renewable energy leader. Last year the state's board of public utilities approved a $200 million contract between Petra Solar and Public Service Electric and Gas for the installation of over 200,000 utility pole-mounted (and grid-connected) solar panels. Now Morris County is funding a mammoth 3.2 megawatt solar project with what it calls the "Morris Model"--a combination of...